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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: nrt4 on July 18, 2014, 03:42:07 PM

Title: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: nrt4 on July 18, 2014, 03:42:07 PM
Haven't seen a thread for the TV spots Tom has done, so I figured I'd start one. This page is updated whenever a new commercial he's directed has been released. (http://artsandsciences.com/index.php?a=director&g=50) That page also shows his other directorial releases, including the music videos and the Hodgman book trailer.

So far he's done State Farm, Hary's, and the latest is a Heineken spot with Neil Patrick Harris.
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: BadGuyZero on July 19, 2014, 02:21:41 AM
He directed a Barnes & Noble commercial that aired during November/December 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyK7987wPHA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyK7987wPHA).

You can find some of Tom's other directorial work at the Production Company Productions website (http://www.productioncompanyproductions.com/).
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: nrt4 on July 19, 2014, 02:31:59 AM
Quote from: BadGuyZero on July 19, 2014, 02:21:41 AM
He directed a Barnes & Noble commercial that aired during November/December 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyK7987wPHA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyK7987wPHA).

You can find some of Tom's other directorial work at the Production Company Productions website (http://www.productioncompanyproductions.com/).

Did not know this was one of Tom's! Cheers for the link. I remember seeing it air all the time.

Also I found a behind-the-scenes for the Heineken ad and ran into someone we know. (https://33.media.tumblr.com/58ee609e8a3a1394463e68889294f864/tumblr_n8y1btqr0H1qjatuso1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: Stanley on July 22, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
Also I found a behind-the-scenes for the Heineken ad and ran into someone we know. (https://33.media.tumblr.com/58ee609e8a3a1394463e68889294f864/tumblr_n8y1btqr0H1qjatuso1_500.jpg)
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in a warner bros/looney tunes cartoon directorial voice "...Bring in the double!"
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: fonpr on July 22, 2014, 03:45:37 PM
Loved the play on the "drink beer, don't drink beer" paradox.

As well as the fourth wall looking kind of wobbly.
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: nrt4 on August 11, 2014, 12:26:21 AM
The Heineken ad campaign is ALL OVER my Twitter feed as the sponsored Tweets. I see them every time I check Twitter on the mobile app. Always a link to one of Tom's NPH spots. It's getting great TV airtime too.
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: fonpr on August 24, 2014, 08:49:15 PM
Things are getting serious:

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/20/heineken/neil-patrick-harris-heineken-ad-we-cant-drink-tv/ (http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/20/heineken/neil-patrick-harris-heineken-ad-we-cant-drink-tv/)
Title: Re: Tom's Commercials Thread!
Post by: nrt4 on October 25, 2014, 12:05:34 PM
I had to walk past an advertising class at my University the other day and I swear I heard the teacher say, "Okay, now we're going to watch this ad that cleverly mocks laws against drinking in commercials."

So...Tom's commercial being used in classes?